1:How does being "Emo" affect lives? "Emos" affect many lives, it is hard to define, because there are so many. In brief, when people hear of "Emos", they stereotype it with wrist-cutting, sad, try-hard teenagers who try to be cool. That is not what it is, but many kids think it is and to "punish" them for being who they are by bullying, hurting and ganging up on them and pushing them around. There is a band of kids in Christchurch who call themselves the "Emo Killers" this is a result of the stigma. There will be less time to work on this question as we have only 2 weeks to finish our end project. 2:Why do they choose to be emo?(Do they choose to be emo?) Emo is more a genre of music or a fasion trend. Although, "Emo" can be common stereotype for people who are depressed and dress to express themselves. They turn "Emo" because its the way they live their life.The "Emo" fashion is often referred to scene kids. Real "Emo's" have depressed / insecure feelings.They choose to be "Emo" as it is one of the ways to express their feelings.
3: Why are they discriminated (instead of helped?) - How do they deal with it? They are discriminated because most people relate them to scene kids who just dress that way for the sake of it. Other people just don't like them around as they can make moments depressing or awkward.They usually just ignore the people discriminating them or by talking to someone.
4: If they grow out of it, what do they become?(And why?) We haven't found any solid information on this but we think they turn either "Goth" ("Goth" being more angry and less emotional.) or "normal".We think this because on lots of sites we found it showed that "Emo" was a dying fad and will stop. Although even if it is uncool the real "Emos" would keep being that way until they grow out of it.
1:How does being "Emo" affect lives?
"Emos" affect many lives, it is hard to define, because there are so many. In brief, when people hear of "Emos", they stereotype it with wrist-cutting, sad, try-hard teenagers who try to be cool. That is not what it is, but many kids think it is and to "punish" them for being who they are by bullying, hurting and ganging up on them and pushing them around. There is a band of kids in Christchurch who call themselves the "Emo Killers" this is a result of the stigma. There will be less time to work on this question as we have only 2 weeks to finish our end project.
2: Why do they choose to be emo? (Do they choose to be emo?)
Emo is more a genre of music or a fasion trend. Although, "Emo" can be common stereotype for people who are depressed and dress to express themselves. They turn "Emo" because its the way they live their life. The "Emo" fashion is often referred to scene kids. Real "Emo's" have depressed / insecure feelings. They choose to be "Emo" as it is one of the ways to express their feelings.
3: Why are they discriminated (instead of helped?) - How do they deal with it?
They are discriminated because most people relate them to scene kids who just dress that way for the sake of it. Other people just don't like them around as they can make moments depressing or awkward. They usually just ignore the people discriminating them or by talking to someone.
4: If they grow out of it, what do they become?(And why?)
We haven't found any solid information on this but we think they turn either "Goth" ("Goth" being more angry and less emotional.) or "normal". We think this because on lots of sites we found it showed that "Emo" was a dying fad and will stop. Although even if it is uncool the real "Emos" would keep being that way until they grow out of it.
Page 1:Introduction.
Page 2: "Emo" Style, "Emo" Poetry, "Emo" Music.
Page 3: Other Information and Links
Page 4: Questions and Answers